ID: 17627
Born west
Date of birth : 1882
Place of birth : Hallsonbyggð
Date of death : 1937
Ólafur Tryggvi Jónsson Photo: VÍÆ II
Ólafur Tryggvi Jónsson was born on May 12, 1882 in the Hallson Settlement in N. Dakota. He died in Alberta, Canada on June 7, 1937.
Spouse: Helga Þorbjörg Jónsdóttir b. December 27, 1883 in N. Múlasýsla, d. in Alberta in 1975.
Childless.
Ólafur grew up in the home of his parents, Jón Pétursson and Ingunn Ólafsdóttir, in the Hallson Settlement in N. Dakota. He moved with them to Alberta, Canada in 1889. He attended school in Winnipeg and was well-written and poetic. He became the editor of Heimskringla newspaper from 1917 to 1919, then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and lived there for several years, working as a house painter. They later moved to Alberta.